Improvement in water-wheels



JESSE KRALL, OEHALL, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leners Patent No. 103,475, dated May 24,1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EssaV KRALL, of Hall, in the county of York and in the State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Wheels; and dovhereby declare .that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the .accompanying drawings and'to t-he letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.,`

My invention relates to that class of water-wheels which receives the water from the inside, and consists in the construction and arrangement of the gates, and the manner of operating the same so as to regnlateor entirely shut ofi` the water. v

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstructiou and'opcration, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view, and

Figure 2 is .a longitudinal -vertical section of my water-wheel.

JA represents the bottom casing in which the wheel B is placed, being constructed in any suitable manner, so as to receive the water from the inside.

The top casing G is constructed, as shown in iig. 2, so as to fit over and also within the wheel B, said c'asing being provided with apertures and chutes D D, to allow the water vadmitted into thecasing to pass through to the wheel.

In the center of the casing O` rises a tube, D', Vthrough which passes the shaft E ofthe wheel.

On top of the tube D, around tbe'shaft E, is placed a ring, G, provided with arms I I, to which isattached a ring, H H, of suitable diameter, to fit within the inner edge of the upper casing C.

rIhe ring H is, on its outer circumference, cut with 4a series of notches, from which descend vertical V shaped guides a a, attached to the ring. In these guides are placed the gates J J, said gates consisting ot' a slightly curved plate with a vertical `Harige, b,l inthe center on its inner-side, which fianges lit in the V-shaped guides a a.

.The outer ends ofthe arl'nsl I rest upon the upper,

casing C, thus supporting the outer ringr H, which guides the gates J J.

The ring H is turned the reqired distance by means of the crank K, which moves in the forked bar L, extending from the ring Hfasshown in the drawings.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent,.is

I. vlhe notched ring H, provided with V-shaped guides a a, and supported by means of the arms I I,

substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth; 

